The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-06
here and there over the city the sound OF
the hammer and the saw is heard.

the hammer ana the saw Is heaIu.
Marcus Endel returned TO Gainesville
Tuesday from trip through Maryland and
Virginia in pursuit of the two thieves, Ma
than and Simon. who robbed several of the
merchants in Gainesville to the tune OF over
81, 500 Mr. Endel captured the parties, Sc
cured all the stolen goods and got the ex-
penses of his trip besides. As he had no
warrant f,r bringing the parties to Florida
he told them to Ego and sin no more.
The trustees of the Presbyterian church of
Orlando held business meeting Monday, to
hear the report of the committee appointed
to view and secure lot for the location of
the new church. The committee reported
several very eligible lots, but no action was
taken in regard TO them, the matter being
deferred until some future time The trus-
tees offer their lot on Central avenue for
sale for the next thirty days at $1,000.
DR.. Robert Wilson, of Paris, Tex, has
been looking over the State for a suitable
place to establish shipyard. The doctor
has Travelled in many foreign countries, and
was engineer of the great Overland Mail
route from Sacramento to Salt Lake City in
1s47; later he was to be found among the
diamond mines in South Afrira. He has de-
cided upon Boca Grande as the point for
shipyard, and is now buying the machinery
for the work.
Err Childers, of Fort Meade, has a num-
Der of grape vine cuttings which were re-
Gently sent him from Washington, and
have been planted out ten DAYS, now grown
fifteen inches, and literally filled with fruit.
This seems to be one of the most remarkable
things in its line ever seen. The cuttings
were rooted last season. and had been buried
several days in moist dirt, before planting
out, which gave them start as soon as they
felt the heat of the sun.
Judge John r. Mizell, of Winter Park,
who is building the railroad from Winter
| Park to Orlando states that the work is
| rapidly progressing. 1t is not the expecta-
| ton, he says, that these two points win be
the termini of the road; III fact, that he has
already money enough in hand to extend it
northward for some distance in the direction
! of Lake Jessup, and that it is the intention
, to go ON, probably in both directions, as cir
cumstances may warrant.
Work on the institute at Barlow is pro-
| crossing rapidly, and extensive prepare
tions are being made by the Masons and
| citizens for the corner stone laying on
| Thursday, May IL. Beside the usual Ma
| sonic ceremonies, it is expected to have
some prominent person deliver an Grafton,
and some one read sketch of the town at
present, together with short biography of
| MIR. Sunmerlin, the donor of the building
after which the sketch will be depositei
with other articles in the cornerstone.
Monday morning, about z 80 o'clock, the
steamer Josephine Spengler, when coming
down the Choctawhatchie river ran on
Rock shoals, about four miles below Geneva,
Ala, and sank. She is not in a very pre-
carious situation, and may be raised with
| little trouble. 1t is but a short time since
the steamer Little Anna, belonging to the
same employ, was sunk in a similar manner
in the same river, near Caryvile, Fla, and
interested parties are now in Pensacola
looking for appliances by which to raise both
vessels
At Barlow, Monday, George Lemoyne of
Orlando who was awarded the contract for
building the new county Jail, assigned his
contract, with the County Commissioners
consent, to MesSIs Thompson & Co, who at
once filed bond, and were accepted by the
commissioners in the place of Mr.. Le-
moyne This gives Messrs Thompson 81
Co. the credit of building all the principal
public buildings in town, they having al
ready built the county court house, and now
being at work on the new Summerlin Insti-
tute, the firemen's hall and town council
chamber.
Florida Record: Those who want to
know where Florida's wealth. comes from
should know that she Annually produces
$4,000 worth of honey, S40,1o0 worth of
Strawberries, $50,00O worth of hogs; $30000
worth of sheep, $3.50 900 worthofl beef, $780,
600 worth of spongGs, $30e.U0D worth of
fish and oysters, SO. 500 900 worth of cigars
and tobacco, &, 530, 600 worth of oranges,
lemons, iimesand pineapples, S25sd0e worth
of grapes and wines, $65, 900 WORTH OF sugar
and molasses, 10000 worth of rice, $780,
600 of cedar and $50, 100000 worth OF other
, lumber, "a, 100000 worth of cotton.
At st. Augustine Tuesday the bids re-
, ceived for furnishing fuel and forage to the
J United States military post were opened.
To furnish the garrison for one year |, $50
cords of wood 10000 pounds stove COAL
, 40 900 pounds of oats, 65, 600 pounds of hay
and 5000 pounds of straw are required.
The following bids were received: G. f.
Hamblen, coal, SIC per cwt. hay, 97c per
cwt., and oats, 81 55 per cwt Henry A.
Darling, Jr., & Co., wood, 81 so per cord !;
stove coal, Sic per cwt.; hay, 9lc; oats,
, 81 IL, and straw 90c. T. G. S. Crosby's bid
on wood was "a 40; G. Bonds 81 10, and j.
f. Handlers 81 %.
= MIR. Bailey, living few miles from Mil
ton, was out in his hammock few days ago
looking about when he heard Il peculiar
noise issuing from hollow stump near by
andapproachingi it guinea hen flew out Mr..
Bailey, thinking he had found nest of eggs,
went to the stump and looked in, and a huge
rattlesnake in his coil ready for business met
his gaze. Without a minutes delay Mr.
Bailey grasped the reptile by the neck and
proceeded homeward. The snake coiIed
about his arm almost crushing it, and had
to be lOosened with the other hand. Arriv-
ing at home Mr.. Bailey threw the snake TO
the ground and proceeded TO kill it, narrow
,, ly escaping being bitten. The RATHER meas
ured l-2 feet
The proprietor of Tampa hotel received
n telegram the other day from some repre-
sentatives of the Standard Oil Company
asking that the best the house afforded
might be reserved for them About the
time they were expected the concert troupe
of the Wizard Oil Company struck the
town, and winding their way to this hotel,
the manager registered with a flourish ths
names, putting Wizard Oil" opposite them.
The proprietor of the hotel looked at the
register saw the word "oiln and mag
ined the guests he was expecting had ar
rived In moment each Wizard had three
porters at his command, the best rooms in
the house were given them and everybody
stood on the q1ti Uire for a beck or calf An
hour afterwards in watching fresh arrival
register the proprietor got on the word
Wizard What followed beggars descrip-
tion. Suffice TO say the boys held their
rooms, and smoked the best cigars the house
afforded by which means the proprietor
hoped to keep the affair quiet, but the boys
had to tell
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